Going mini with art means knowing how to paint on your mini canvases. This is such fun and is easy to create compared to other art. To paint a mini canvas gather together your painting tools and...

I love acrylic paints. They are great to work with, they are flexible and easy to use. They just dry too fast. Artists and manufacturers have had to find ways to keep our acrylic paints wetter for...

If you want to make an acrylic color chart there are a few ways to do it depending on what you want to use it for. I have found that it is a good idea to have a master chart of your main colors or...

If you have been struggling to make purple you might be wondering if what you were taught at school was right and what acrylic paints really make purple. You are not alone. Most beginner artists go...

Even if you know the basics of mixing orange when you paint it is not so straightforward as there are many other things to think about. Here I share some of the things I have learned about...

I wanted to use black in my watercolors but found the tube and pan blacks often too heavy or bland. By learning to mix my own black I found that my painting became richer and more vibrant, the black...